New Zealand, Australia sign pact to deepen naval cooperation

By Nick Lee-Frampton – Sep 29, 2026, 11:25 PM A New Zealand Navy frigate (HMNZS Te Mana (F111) ) dwarfs a vintage sailing ship (F Tucker Thompson), in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, in February 2023. (Fiona Goodall/Getty Images) WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) signed “PlanContinue reading “New Zealand, Australia sign pact to deepen naval cooperation”

USS Saint Paul (CA-73) off Wonsan, Korea, 20 April 1951

USS Enterprise 14 Jan 1969 after fire.

The 1969 USS Enterprise fire was a major fire and series of explosions that broke out aboard USS Enterprise on January 14, 1969, off the coast of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The fire started when a Zuni rocket detonated under a plane’s wing. It spread as more munitions exploded, blowing holes in the flight deck thatContinue reading “USS Enterprise 14 Jan 1969 after fire.”

HMA Ships QUIBERON, ANZAC, VENDETTA and VAMPIRE nested at the Cruiser Wharf, Garden Island, Sydney in May 1964.

German frigate Brandenburg (F215) passing Mount Edgecumbe inbound to Devonport dockyard. October 2016.